Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

Course Overview

Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v6.0 is a five-day instructor-led course that focuses on data center design based on Cisco solutions. The course includes theoretical content, as well as design-oriented case studies that are in the form of activities. The course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP® Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles.

Describe storage and RAID options, describe the Fibre Channel concept and architecture, and design Fibre Channel and FCoE networks, along with management options.

Describe the UCS C-Series, M-Series, and B-Series servers, with connectivity and adapter options. For the UCS B-Series deployment, you will be able to describe the blade chassis, I/O modules, and fabric interconnects, with a focus on south-and northbound connectivity and oversubscription. Compare the EHV and NPV network operations modes. Explain and distinguish among the different system integrated stack solutions and the management options for the UCS domains.

Design the resource parameters for a UCS domain, starting with the setup and IP concepts, RBAC, and integration with authentication servers. Design the resource pools and policies used in UCS service profiles and templates.

What You'll Learn

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Outline

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Module 1: Data Center Network Connectivity Design

Lesson 1: Describing High Availability on Layer 2

Lesson 2: Describing Layer 3 Forwarding

Lesson 3: Designing Data Center Topologies

Lesson 4: Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV

Lesson 5: Designing a LISP Solution

Module 2: Data Center Infrastructure Design

Lesson 1: Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization

Lesson 2: Describing FEX Options

Lesson 3: Describing Virtual Networking

Lesson 4: Describing Basic Data Center Security

Lesson 5: Describing Advanced Data Center Security

Lesson 6: Describing Virtual Appliances

Lesson 7: Describing Management and Orchestration

Module 3: Data Center Storage Network Design

Lesson 1: Describing Storage and RAID Options

Lesson 2: Describing Fibre Channel Concepts

Lesson 3: Describing Fibre Channel Topologies

Lesson 4: Describing FCoE

Lesson 5: Describing Storage Security

Lesson 6: Describing Management and Orchestration

Module 4: Data Center Compute Connectivity Design

Lesson 1: Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers and Use Cases

Lesson 2: Describing Cisco UCS M-Series Servers and Use Cases

Lesson 3: Describing Cisco UCS B-Series Servers and Use Cases

Lesson 4: Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity

Lesson 5: Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems

Lesson 6: Describing Management Systems

Lesson 7: Describing Hadoop, SAP Hana, and IoT on Cisco UCS

Module 5: Data Center Compute Resource Parameters Design

Lesson 1: Describing System-Wide Parameters

Lesson 2: Describing RBAC

Lesson 3: Describing Pools for Service Profiles

Lesson 4: Describing Policies for Service Profiles

Lesson 5: Describing Network Specific Adapters and Policies

Lesson 6: Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

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Prerequisites

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The learner is expected to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:

Implement data center networking (LAN and SAN)

Describe data center storage

Implement data center virtualization

Implement Cisco Unified Computing System

Implement data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco ACI and UCS Director

Describe products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and MDS families

Students considered for this training should have attended the following classes or obtained an equivalent level of knowledge: